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PARK THAT STAGECOACH:California Treasurer Suspends Ties With Wells Fargo [Michael Corkery and Stacy Cowley @ NYT] - "The state treasurer, John Chiang, said he was suspending Wells Fargo’s “most highly profitable business relationships” with the state for at least a year, including the lucrative business of underwriting certain California municipal bonds."

PUC:Jerry Brown approves changes to Public Utilities Commission, pushes for more action [Christopher Cadelago @ SacBee] - "The legislation will expand public access to commission records and require the commission to hold its sessions at least once each month. Apart from the bills, Brown urged the commission to undertake other tasks, ranging from appointing an ethics ombudsman, more quickly releasing information to the public and increasing the commission’s presence outside of San Francisco. He said those priorities cannot wait another year for lawmakers to act."

MONEY MATTERS:California ballot measure spending headed for a record [Alison Moon @ AP] - "Supporters and opponents of California’s 17 November ballot measures have raised nearly $390 million six weeks before the election, putting the state about $85 million shy of record initiative fundraising with some of the heaviest spending yet to come."

THE CURTAIN:GOP advantage in O.C. slips to 4.7 percentage points [Martin Wisckol @ OCR] - "Democrats continue to close the gap with Republicans in the county’s voter registration, with the GOP advantage now under 5 percentage points for the first time in 36 years."

HANDS FREE:Fully autonomous self-driving cars get lift from Gov. Jerry Brown [Ethan Baron @ MercNews] - "California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a bill that for the first time allows testing on public roads of self-driving vehicles with no steering wheels, brake pedals or accelerators. A human driver as backup is not required, but the vehicles will be limited to speeds of less than 35 mph."

LABOS:No restraining order granted in Hahn campaign finance violation suit [Adam Elmahrek @ LAT] - "In an unusual move weeks before the general election, rival candidate Steve Napolitano sued Hahn last week, demanding that she pay back the funds. Napolitano also sought a restraining order blocking Hahn from spending any of the money due to be refunded, alleging that the county Registrar-Recorder had improperly extended Hahn’s deadline for repayment."

PUT THE SEAT DOWN, GENTS:Single-user public bathrooms will be all-gender in California [Jeremy B. White @ SacBee] - "Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed legislation that will require restrooms for single users to be designated all-gender, California’s latest move to bolster transgender rights even as much of the country moves in the opposite direction."

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CJAC Issue Briefing: The Nuisance of Misguided Public Nuisance Litigation - September 28, 2016: Please join the Civil Justice Association of California on September 28 for a complimentary luncheon and panel discussion regarding the effect of nuisance litigation on policy, politics, and local government. The Issue Briefing will be held in the Cafeteria 15L Ultra Room, 1116 15th Street, Sacramento, CA, from 11:45 am to 1:30 pm. FREE MCLE Credit. Details: cjac.org/blog/Issue_Briefing_September_28/. To RSVP, contact Debbie Edgar at dedgar@cjac.org.

Oakland based public relations, public affairs and Democratic political consulting firm, with a portfolio of high-profile clients seeks an experienced and talented communicator to join our team. Should have at least two years of experience. This is not a campaign job but campaign experience is valued. Resumes, .pdf preferred, to oaklandprsearch@gmail.com

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Supporters and opponents of California's 17 November ballot measures have raised nearly $390 million six weeks before the election, according to reports filed by political donors with the secretary of state's office before a Thursday campaign reporting deadline.

The National Institute on Money in State Politics data shows California propositions amassed more than $471.5 million in 2008, a state record, when Californians considered 21 measures in three separate elections, including measures on gay marriage and increasing the required size of chicken cages. The next highest spending for statewide ballot measures was $455 million in 2012.

Senator Ted Gaines (R-El Dorado) today announced his Senate Bill 807, which would protect forests, property and the lives of citizens, firefighters and emergency personnel from drone interference, was signed by Governor Brown.

Two of the nation’s leading gun control advocates — former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly — endorsed California Attorney General Kamala Harris for U.S. Senate Thursday during an appearance in Los Angeles with the candidate.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a Bay Area case over whether a federal law requiring deportation for noncitizens convicted of felonies involving a âÂÂsubstantial riskâÂÂ of violence is unconstitutionally vague. On the opening day of their 2016-17 term, the justices granted review of the governmentâÂÂs appeal of a ruling by the federal appeals court in San Francisco that declared the law didnâÂÂt define its terms clearly. Dimaya was convicted of first-degree residential burglaries, of a homeâÂÂs garage in 2007 and an uninhabited house in 2009, and was sentenced to two years in prison on each. At issue in the case is a 1996 law that requires deportation for noncitizens, including legal residents, who are convicted of âÂÂaggravated feloniesâÂÂ âÂÂ those involving a âÂÂsubstantial riskâÂÂ that force âÂÂmay be usedâÂÂ against another person or someone elseâÂÂs property. In a 2-1 ruling in DimayaâÂÂs case in October 2015, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law failed to define âÂÂsubstantialâÂÂ risk or give judges adequate guidance on which crimes qualified for automatic deportation. In seeking Supreme Court review, the Justice Department said deportation proceedings are civil cases and âÂÂare not subject to the same vagueness standardâÂÂ as criminal prosecutions, the subject of the June 2015 ruling. Even if the Supreme Court upholds the federal law, he said, the appeals court will still have to decide whether first-degree burglary in California, which does not require a forcible entry, poses a substantial risk of violence.